Mozart and the Dolomites (2006) A visual score of Mozart's Requiem. I saw this in the store window of the Cooperativa Cortina in Cortina d'Ampezzo back in September for 20 Euro's there got it for $10 here. WoW very cool a great way to listen to it. 10/10

The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers (1946) Director, Lewis Milestone with Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, A great noir with Lizabeth Scott as HOT as ever, on TCM just got finished. This is a great Van Heflin flick check it out. 8/10

The Big Combo (1955) dir Joseph H. Lewis, with Cornel Wilde, a great slightly over wound and the top Richard Conte in this one, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Susan Lowell, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, and Earl Holliman. "First is first and second is nobody" Its good to see Van Cleef in this. 7/10

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I pretty much agree with what Shobary wrote: the plot twist makes it more boring. In fact, when I read on the DVD cover that there's a surprise plot twist, I expected it to be something like that... The middle part progresses too slowly, with too much talking and not too much character depth - I don't know whether it's the writing, the directing or the acting, but the way some characters acted did not seem very thought out - so if it weren't for the ending, it wouldn't be very exciting to watch. But the ending redeems it.

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The Grissom Gang (1971) Dir Robert Aldrich, fictional account of a heiress kidnapping in Prohibition Missouri a remake of a 1948 British Film entitled "No Orchids For Miss Blandish", this had some great performances but on a whole should have been trimmed down, it was laden with way too many interior shots and had the misfortune to cast Kim Darby in the lead female role. Scott Wilson is Slim Grissom retarded co leader of a bunch of miscreants along with a greasy and slimy Tony Musante who plays Eddie Hagan, but Ma Grissom (Irene Dailey who is great as the over the top matriarch) really calls the shots. Joey Faye is another gang member named Woppy, and Ralph Waite is gang member Mace. Don Keefer is alcoholic Doc Grissom who holds no power in the gang. TV veteran Robert Lansing is a private eye named Dave Fenner, and Connie Stevens is Anna Borg a floosie nightclub singer. It had all the right elements but is way too long and not as a whole that interesting. Both Scott Wilson & Tony Musante put in great performances, but sound track is also not that good. A miss for Aldrich 6/10

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